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Professor of American History, Messiah College

Many people are using Bible verses to justify their stance against vaccines. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

October 4, 2021

Cherry‑picking the Bible and using verses out of context isn’t a practice confined to those opposed to vaccines – it has been done for centuries

John Fea, Messiah College

A historian of the Bible in American life explains how Bible verses are being picked out of context to make a case for the anti-vaxxer movement.

Britain’s Queen Mother Elizabeth chats with Eric North, secretary of the American Bible Society, during a visit to the organization’s headquarters in New York City on Oct. 28, 1954. AP Photo/John Lindsay

June 4, 2018

How the American Bible Society became evangelical

John Fea, Messiah College

The American Bible Society, with an annual revenue of nearly $370 million, is one of the largest religious nonprofits, and a highly influential one.

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